Microsoft has announced plans to periodically remove legacy drivers from the Windows Update catalog to mitigate security and compatibility risks. "The rationale behind this initiative is to ensure ...

Updating your drivers is something that’s easy to forget, but can you really trust driver update tools? There are a lot of scammy, spammy, nefarious apps out there that promise to update drivers, but ...

Here’s what you need to know about the latest updates to Windows 11 as they’re released from Microsoft. Now updated for ...

Experts sometimes talk about fixing Windows updates. I only understood why when an automatic background update wiped out my audio configuration. A configuration that had taken a lot of fine-tuning was ...

Forward-looking: Microsoft has traditionally maintained strong backward compatibility with older hardware and software. However, the company is now working to phase out as many legacy drivers as ...

Applying available updates is one of the most critical tasks in keeping the Windows OS healthy. Although security updates seem to receive the most attention, there are various other types of updates.

In brief: Microsoft wants to unify the Windows Update process so it includes all third-party apps. The company said developers or anyone who builds apps can now sign up for a private preview of the ...